-Chapter 4- The Pollywog

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Thursday, November 1, 1984

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After waking up and eating breakfast David was getting ready for school. He munched down one of the bars he got yesterday and got on his board and skated to school. When he arrived there he put his board into his locker and found Max at her locker.

David: Hi, you look a bit thoughtfull.

Max: Yeah, just, the whole thing with Will doesn't make any sense...

David: Yeah, Lucas told you right?

Max: It just doesn't make any sense.

Just then the bell rang and Max and David went to their first period, science, surprisingly enough, Dustin was late, David felt weird, he knew Dustin, he knew that he won't be late to, science. When Mr. Clarke was mid way talking about Phineas Gage, Dustin just barged into the classroom.

Dustin: I am so sorry, Mr Clarke, really I'm so sorry, please continue with the class, don't mind me really, continue, please. Thanks.

Mr Clarke continued telling the lesson and then Dustin started whispering that they have to meet at AV Club at lunch. David was really interested now, Dustin whispering in SCIENCE and not listening was weird, and David wondered his reason.

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It was lunch and the party and Max was now at the  AV Club, Dustin pulled out the ghost trap, and opened it, inside the ghost trap there was a green slimy looking small... a frog? David really didn't understood what it was.

Dustin: His name is d'Artagnan.

David: You named that thing after a musketeer?

Dustin: Yeah, Dart for short. Cute thing right.

David: Highly up for debate.

Max: And he was in your trash?

Dustin nodded and looked at her, 

Dustin: Foraging for food... You wanna hold him?

Dustin then tossed it to Max

Max: No, no. I don't want to-- Oh, God, he's slimy!

After a second Max tossed it David, David started inspecting it

David: What even is this slimer, couldn't you call it that?

David then tossed "slimer" to Lucas

Lucas: It's like a living booger.

Lucas then tossed it to Will

Will: Ugh, oh god

Will then tossed it to Mike

Mike: What is he?

Dustin: My question exactly, at first I thought it was some type of a pollywog.

Max: Pollywog?

David: Fancy word for tadpole

Then Dustin started rambling about what a tadpole is

Max: I know what a tadpole is.

Dustin: All right, then you know that most tadpoles are aquatic, right? Well, Dart, he isn't. He doesn't need water.

Lucas: Yeah, but aren't there nonaquatic pollywogs?

Dustin: Terrestrial pollywogs? Yep. Two to be exact. Indirana semipalmata and... The Adenomera andreae. One's from India, one's from South America. So how did one end up in my trash?

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